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In the course nl' II jouriii'V through the ]irovinee one comes n|ion j^nnips of Eiij^lisli, Scuts, Irish, French, Germans, etc. 'i'he particular initioiuility or cree.l in each case (leterinines the characteristic traits of the jjroiiii — traits which Ijcrsist tliroui,'h several <,a'nerations, notwith.stnndin),' the ievellin;,' tend- encies of modern life. The following lists give, \>y counties, such settlements or {j;roups i>\' the original rural population of Ontario a.s can he set down in talailar form. The urban purtinn of our popidation is t(jo nn.\e(l to be amenalile to analy.sis of thi.s kitul ; the only oliservablo law in this case is that tlu' population of each town or city is mainly recruited from the rural dis- tricts in its nein^hborhood. It has Ikjcii deemed advisable to adopt tlie olddivi.sionof the frontier portion of tlie province into eleven districts, because it was the division in use duriiij,' the first half of the idneteenth century, a period in whieh the nundjer of innni;;rnnts was very lar;,'e. It is, accordinirjy, the .scheme •of division found in tables of statistics of that period, many of which will be useful in connection with this intjuiry. Followinif this scheiae of division the population of Ontario for the years 1817 and 182.T is , Irish (Catholics) (North and South.) U. E. Loyalists (settled in 1 7«i and ^^.^^^^p^^t,,,,.^, Yonm-. later years) ...••■ Escott. U. S. Settlei-s (later) MIDLAND DISTRICT. Frontenac County. Pittsburgh, Loughborough, Knigs- Irish (Catholics) ^^j^^ \\'oUe Island. U. E. Loyalists (settled in 1784 and p.^^^^^^g,,_ Kingston, later years) LENNO.K AND AdDINGTON CoUNTY. Kaladar, Anglesea. French-Canadians • • : • • • iS (Catholics), 1825 and later ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Ernestown, Cam- years den, Sheffield. Germans (from the Renfrew settle- ^^^^.^^^^ ^^y^i^ger. u'e loyalists: '(^h^^^ where Mded. Groups <>J TwmigrnnU ■'"•^ t Scots. (Be-un in IHlt) fruiu thn bonier .li«tricts of Scotland : al.so a few from Barnct, \ t. Part ol Ks.iueHin<' is called tho "Scotch Waticiu.oo County. , ^ ,. North Waterloo. Wilmot. French-Canadians Wellesley. Ent'lish .' ' ■ ; ; i' V ' • ' Scots (Hij,'hland, r,a taledonui. ^^^^^^ i3„n,f,ies, Woolwich. South N.Y.) Waterloo, Wellesley. . , ,s . . North Dmufiies. Scots (Lowland) Wellesley. Irish Wihiint Settlers from France....... ;•••■ ^^>'"'o^- Uennans. (Begnninl820 bxte.j- Hive Pait of this settlement is called the "Amisch" Settlement, having been made up ot the fol- lowers of Ami, the chief seceder ^^,^^^^^.,^^ j^^^.^,^ ^„,i South), Wil- of a religious sect) ; • ^^^^^.^ Wellesley, Woolwich. • i /• iQf»i\ . . Waterloo. Mennonists (in ISOl)... • • ■ •••••• w,,tprloo Pennsylvania Germans (ni 1 NOO . . Watei loo. Settlers from the United States Hon. Wm. Dickson s (Shades) ^,^^^.^,^ 3^^,,^^^^.^,,. .settlement, in 18lfa Wellesley. Negroes Braxt County. Brantford, Burford. English •■;;••;: South Dumfries. Scots (Highland) . ^ Dumfries, Brantford. Scots (border districts) . . . . ■ • • • ■ • ^°;^,^tf„rd. ludi'ans (Six Nations; total popu- j ,^,_ Tuscarora. lation, 3,929) WELLiNciTON County. English (from Norfolk, Suffolk and Eramosa, Guelph. Puslinch, Yorkshire) ^ .^' Garafraxa, Peel, Pilkington. North Welsh and Cornish Pilkington. 1)11, nth Wil- Tlir, KIIINiifiHAPmcAI, KI.EMKNTS OK ONTAKIO. lit Groapn of Imm'njrantx. Tawnnkips trhcir sitflni Kiiyli.sh and Scots. (Vi,'li. r. E. LoyaliMts Loutli, Niayani. butler's Run'a-r'siin 1784) Xiafjara. 250 laiiiilies; (Jrantham, 200. M.'unonistH Loutli. LONDON DISTRICT. Perth County. French-Canadian.s (few) Lof,'an, Eliice. Engli.sh (Devon and Cornwall) . . . Blan.shard, Downic, Fullerton. .Scots Blan.shard, Downie, Fullerton, Hib- bort, Lo^'an, Klina, Mornington, North Eaathope Ii-isli Blanshard, Downie, Hibbert, EUicc, North Easthope, Morninfrton. Ehna, Wallace. Swiss rsuiall settlement) Easthope (North and Houth). Oermaiis (from Waterloo County) . Easthope (North and South), Elhce, Fullerton, Logan. Alsatians (few) Downie. Bri'ce County. Scots (chieHy from Argyleshire) . . Huron, Kinloss, Culro,sH, Kincar- dine, (ireenock, Bruce, Saugeen, Elderslie. Ii-ish Arran, Brant. Irish (Catholics) Culro.ss, Carrick. Oermans (Catholics) Germans Brant, Carrick. Some of the Port Elgin first settlers (Saugeen Township) were CJermans from Waterloo. THK ETHNCXJRAl'HK AI, EI-EMKNTH OK ONTAUIO. 1ft Gi'DupM of Iiiiinlijrantn. Ti>\rnnhlps trlierc Htttlnl. ' IiulianH (Cliii»|)owaM ; population, •^^^^ ) Saujjoi'ii. Indians (('liippcwrH : ])Oi)nlation, ,S!)S) Nawiish. OXKOHD COITNTY. Enfilisii (Lincolnshire) Hlonhciin, Blaiulfonl, Kast 'Aovvn. Uxl'onl, I)urt,'liani. Scots ( Prott'stant ) Sntlu'ilan